Sociologies of Formality and Informality (Studies in Social Sciences, Philosophy and History of Ideas Book 12)

The way sociology frames the relation between formality and informality is not only complex and multifaceted, but has also evolved over time. This volume offers contributions by international authors that illustrate distinct types of theoretical framings and present various sites of inquiry. It proposes a typology comprising: the sociology of informally embedded formality, the sociology of formally embedded informality, the sociology of the interaction between formality and informality and the sociology of the emergence and transformation of formality and informality. Cover 1 Acknowledgements 7 Contents 9 Sociologies of Formality and Informality ([Adriana Mica] [Jan Winczorek] [Rafał Wiśniewski]) 11 Part I: The Sociology of Informally Embedded Formality 19 Formality in the Interactional Study of Organizations (Robert Dingwall) 21 Empirically Grounded Rule of Law ([Grażyna Skąpska] [Grzegorz Bryda]) 37 Part II: The Sociology of Formally Embedded Informality 59 Understanding Informality: Conceptual Lessons from Informal Settlement in Southern Africa (Liela Groenewald) 61 Lineland and the Underground Economy: The Multidimensionality of Informal Work by Secondary Education Students ([Stef Adriaenssens] [Dieter Verhaest] [Jef Hendrickx]) 77 Part III: The Sociology of the Interaction between Formality and Informality 105 Configurations of Informality and Formality in Contemporary Society (Barbara A. Misztal) 107 When Formal and Informal Rules Meet: The Four Sets of Rules of the Estonian Language and Minority Regime (Mikko Lagerspetz) 129 Rule of Law and Informal Institutions (Hans-Joachim Lauth) 151 Part IV: The Sociology of theEmergence and Transformation of Formality and Informality 175 Identifying a Formality Hinterland: Trans-informality and Meta-formality Within UK “Better Regulation” Discourses (Timothy Eccles) 177 The Reconfiguration of Power as a Legitimization of Informal Political Actions in Local-Level Politics in Contemporary Poland (Aleksandra Herman) 209 Social Networks, Social Norms and Workers’ Resistance: A Computational Simulation Analysis (Francisco Linares) 231 Contributors 257 The way sociology frames the relation between formality and informality has changed. The book proposes a typology: the sociology of informally embedded formality, the sociology of formally embedded informality, the sociology of the interaction between formality/informality and the sociology of the emergence and transformation of formality/informality.